8-letter words containing u, r, a, n, i
- denarius — a silver coin of ancient Rome, often called a penny in translation
- dinosaur — any chiefly terrestrial, herbivorous or carnivorous reptile of the extinct orders Saurischia and Ornithischia, from the Mesozoic Era, certain species of which are the largest known land animals.
- dipluran — Any of various hexapods, of the order Diplura.
- diurnals — Plural form of diurnal.
- douanier — a customs officer or official.
- duration — the length of time something continues or exists (often used with the).
- echiuran — spoonworm
- eridanus — a long twisting constellation in the S hemisphere extending from Orion to Hydrus and containing the first magnitude star Achernar
- eurasian — Eurasian means concerned with or relating to both Europe and Asia.
- figurant — a ballet dancer who does not perform solo.
- fluorian — (geology) containing fluorine.
- francium — a radioactive element of the alkali metal group. Symbol: Fr; atomic number: 87.
- fraulein — an unmarried woman.
- freudian — of or relating to Sigmund Freud or his doctrines, especially with respect to the causes and treatment of neurotic and psychopathic states, the interpretation of dreams, etc.
- friulian — a Rhaeto-Romanic dialect spoken by about half a million people of the plains of extreme NE Italy.
- fun fair — an amusement park.
- furigana — (human language, Japanese) (Or "rubi") Small hiragana, written above kanji (and these days sometimes above Latin characters) as a phonetic comment and reading aid. The singular and plural are both "furigana".
- futanari — (anime, manga, uncountable) A genre of Japanese anime or manga featuring hermaphrodite characters, generally with female bodies plus a penis.
- geranium — any of numerous plants of the genus Geranium, which comprises the crane's-bills.
- granicus — a river in NW Turkey, flowing N to the Sea of Marmara: battle 334 b.c. 45 miles (70 km) long.
- guardian — a person who guards, protects, or preserves.
- guarding — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
- guarneri — Giuseppe Antonio [joo-zep-pe ahn-taw-nyaw] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Joseph Guarnerius) 1683–1745, Italian violinmaker.
- guernica — Basque town in northern Spain: bombed and destroyed in 1937 by German planes helping the insurgents in the Spanish Civil War.
- hauriant — (of a fish) represented as erect, with the head upward: a dolphin hauriant.
- hiranuma — Baron Kiichiro [kee-ee-chee-raw] /kiˈi tʃiˌrɔ/ (Show IPA), 1867?–1952, Japanese statesman.
- in a rut — stuck in routine
- inartful — Awkwardly expressed but not necessarily untrue; impolitic; ill-phrased; inexpedient; clumsy.
- inaurate — gilded or gleaming as if gilded
- incisura — (anatomy) a notch or indent.
- indurain — Miguel [mee-gel] /miˈgɛl/ (Show IPA), born 1964, Spanish cyclist: first with five consecutive victories (1991–95) in the Tour de France.
- indurate — to make hard; harden, as rock, tissue, etc.: Cold indurates the soil.
- infrugal — not frugal; wasteful
- inradius — the radius of the circle inscribed in a triangle.
- insurant — a person who takes out an insurance policy.
- inurbane — not urbane; lacking in courtesy, refinement, etc.
- isaurian — of or relating to Isauria, an ancient district of S central Asia Minor, or its inhabitants
- jauntier — Comparative form of jaunty.
- juration — an act of taking or administering an oath.
- kairouan — a city in NE Tunisia: a holy city of Islam.
- langmuir — Irving, 1881–1957, U.S. chemist: Nobel Prize 1932.
- ligurian — an apparently Indo-European language used in ancient times along the NW coast of the Ligurian Sea.
- lingular — a tongue-shaped organ, process, or tissue.
- luminary — a celestial body, as the sun or moon.
- lunarian — a being supposedly inhabiting the moon.
- lunarist — a person who believes the moon influences weather
- luristan — a mountainous region in W Iran.
- manicure — a cosmetic treatment of the hands and fingernails, including trimming and polishing of the nails and removing cuticles.
- manjusri — a Bodhisattva personifying wisdom.
- manuhiri — a visitor to a Māori marae